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SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FAMILY MEASURES) ACT 1995 No. 106, 1995 - SCHEDULE 4

                               SCHEDULE 4                  Section 3

OTHER AMENDMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991
1. Subsection 5(1) (definition of student child):
Omit, substitute:

"student child has the meaning given by subsection (1A).".
2. Subsection 5(1) (definition of young person):
Omit, substitute:

"young person has the meaning given by subsection (1B).".
3. After subsection (1):
Insert:

"(1A) A person is a student child at a particular time if:

   (a)  at the time, the person:

        (i)    has reached 16, but is under 22, years of age; and

        (ii)   is receiving full-time education at a school, college or
               university; and

   (b)  the person's income in the financial year in which that time occurs
        will not be more than $6,403.

"(1B) A person is a young person at a particular time if at that time the
person:

   (a)  is under 16 years of age; or

   (b)  is a student child.".
4. Subsection 5(4):
Omit, substitute:
Dependent child-16 to 21 years of age

"(4) Subject to subsections (5) to (8), a young person is a dependent child of
another person at a particular time if:

   (a)  at that time, the young person:

        (i)    has reached 16, but is under 22, years of age; and

        (ii)   is wholly or substantially dependent on the other person; and

   (b)  the young person's income in the financial year in which that time
        occurs will not be more than $6,403.".
5. Paragraph 5(10)(a):
Omit "25", substitute "22".
6. Paragraph 5(11)(a):
Omit, substitute:

"(a) the person is a young person who has reached 16, but is under 22, years
of age; and".
7. Section 1067E (Sickness Allowance Rate Calculator, Module E, point
1067E-E5, paragraph (c)):
Omit "$375,630", substitute "$376,750".
8. Section 1190 (Indexed and Adjusted Amounts Table-item 40):
After "limit" in column 3 insert "(child aged under 16 years)".
9. Section 1190 (Indexed and Adjusted Amounts Table):
After item 40 insert:

"40A.
Amount that a young person who has reached 16, but is under 22, years of age
can earn in the current financial year without ceasing to be a dependent child
Permissible child earnings limit (child aged 16 to 21 years)
(subsection 5(1):
definitions of student child young person)
(subsection 5(4))".
10. Subsection 1191(1) (CPI Indexation Table-item 28):
After "limit" in column 2 insert "(child aged under 16 years)".
11. Subsection 1191(1) (CPI Indexation Table):
After item 28 insert:

"28A.
Permissible child earnings limit (child aged 16 to 21 years)
1 January
June
highest June quarter before reference quarter
(but not earlier than June quarter 1986) $0.05".